Punching-bag apparatus.



No. 775,653. -PAT'ENTED NOV. 22, 1904.

` C. P. HELD.

PUNGHING BAG APPARATUS.

APPLIoAToN FILED JUNE zo, 1904.

No MODEL.

i Illli Patented November' .29, 1904,

ATBNT einen.

CHARLES F. HELD, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

PUNCHING-BAG APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 77 5,653, datedNovember 22, 1904.

Application filed June 20, 1904. Serial No. 213,311. (No model.)

To all whom, it 77am/ concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. HELD, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Punching-Bag Apparatus, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in punching-bag apparatus; andit consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts morefully set forth in the specification, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of the apparatus, showing theceiling or disk suspended in a horizontal position. Fig. 2 is a Viewwith the ceiling swung ninety degrees from the first position. Fig. 3 isa view showing the ceiling lowered to the floor and swung one hundredand eighty degrees from its original position, the stem carrying the bagprojecting upwardly. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail showing the revolublebearing by which the bag is carried. Figf is a detail, partly in sectionand partly in elevation, showing the construction of the bracework forthe ceiling. Fig. 6 is a top plan of the ceiling or disk. Fig. 7 is anenlarged elevational detail showing the sliding T by which the pipe-barof the ceiling is carried. Fig. 8 is a cross-section on line 8 8 of Fig.7, and Fig. 9 is a detail showing brackets for securing' the ceiling toa door-frame or any vertical wall.

The present invention has for its object the construction of anapparatus which will permit the presentation of the punching-bag alongan almost infinite number of angular positions about a permanent axis ofsuspension, these positions being further qualified in the matter ofelevation and the directionl inu which the bag is permittedto swing, allas will more fully appear from adetailed description of the invention,which is as follows:

ReferringV to the drawings, l l represent two posts or uprights, alongwhich may be adjusted to any elevation the sliding hollow Ts 2, whichreceivebetween them the rotatably-adjustable pipe-bar 3, forming one ofthe diametrically disposed braces of the ceiling or disk 4, from whichthe bag is suspended. The other brace is in the nature of a strap ortruss-bar 5, spanning the pipe 3 and secured at its opposite ends to thedisk. The connection between the pipe-bar 3 and truss 5 is effected by abolt 6, as best seen in Fig. 5. Secured centrally to the opposite faceof the ceiling by means of bolts 7 is a nipple 8, to which may besecured the member directly carrying thebag. This member in Figs. l to4, inclusive, is in the nature of a stem 9, to whose free end is secureda revoluble antifriction ball-bearing' l0, (on the same order as abicycle pedal-bearing) said bearing having fastened thereto the thong11, from which the punching'-bag B is suspended. In punching the bag thelatter will swing freely about the axis of the bearing and in a planewhich is substantially at right angles to the axis of the stem 9. Inother words, the bag will swing in a plane parallel with the plane ofthe ceiling, as shown by the arrows in Figs. l, 2, 3. The bag may bepunched first in one direction and then in the other without making thebag describe a complete circle, or it may be punched so as to swingcontinuously in the same direction. Without the revoluble bearing 10 thebag could not possibly rotate about its point of suspension, since thethong would simply wind itself about the stem 9 and bring the bag to astandstill.

' Where it is desired to hang the bag close to the ceiling so as tocause the latter to serve as the surface against whichthe bag mayimpinge and from which it can rebound during the punching operation, thestem 9 is removed and in lieu thereof the vshort stem or plug o rdead-center 9 substituted therefor, Fig. 5. In that 'case the bag asitis struck is punched against the ceiling, from which it is reflectedto be again struck by the person exercising', asis obvious. The plug 9isprovided with a wooden filling f, terminating in a leaden section f",having a flaring mouth, the soft metal preventing undue wear of thethongs.

From the positions shown in Figs. l, 2, 3 and from a variety ofintermediate positions (not shown) it is apparent that the bag may bebrought or adjusted to any elevation or angular position relatively tothe body of IOO the person exercising', permitting an infinite varietyof bodily and muscular movements conducive to strenuous exercise andmuscular development. The Ts 2 are provided with binding-screws l2 andl2', by which they may be clamped to any elevation along the posts 'land the pipe-bar 3 turned any desirable degree, according to the angularposition to be assumed by the ceiling.

To fasten the device to a door-frame F or wall, Fig. 9, I may employordinary braclets 1 to carry the opposite projecting ends of thepipe-bar 3, Fig. 9.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a punching-bagapparatus, a revoluble bearing, means for securing said bearing to afixed support, and a punching-bag adapted to be attached to said bearingand freely swing about the aXis of the same, substantially as set forth.

2. In a punching-bag apparatus, a suitable ceiling, means for adjustingthe ceiling vertically and angularly, a stem projecting centrallytherefrom, a revoluble bearing carried by the stem, and a bag suspendedfrom the bearing and adapted to revolve therewith, substantially as setforth.

3. In a punching-bag apparatus, a suitable ceiling', a revoluble bearingcarried thereby, and a punching-bag attached to said bearing andfreelyrevolving therewith, substantially as set forth.

4. In a punching-bag apparatus, a suitable ceiling, a pipe-bar andcross-brace secured thereto, the ends of the pipe-bar extending' beyondthe ceiling, means for securing said pipe bar rigidly to any desiredelevation, means for adjusting' the Vceiling to any angle, a stemprojecting centrally from the ceiling', and a bag suspended from thestem and free 'to revolve about the same in a plane at right anglesthereto, substantially as set forth.

5. In a punching-bag apparatus, a ceiling, a stern projecting rigidlytherefrom, and a terminal bag-supporting revoluble bearing at the freeend of the stern, substantially as set forth.

6. In a punching-bag apparatus, a ceiling, suitable braces disposedalong one face thereof, and means for attaching a bag in proximity tothe opposite face, substantially as set forth.

7. In a punching-bag apparatus, a ceiling', a pipe-bar and a cross-bracesecured to one face thereof, a stem projecting centrally from theopposite face, and means for securing the opposite ends of the pipe-barto impart any predetermined inclination to the ceiling, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES F. HELD.

Witnesses:

EMIL STAREK, MARY B. BELT.

